Monday, 12 May 2014

New Impact Structure? (Alberta, Canada)

New Impact Structure? (Alberta, Canada), Bow City Impact Crater

Ancient crater points to massive meteorite strike. University of
Alberta. ScienceDaily / Live Science, May 7, 2014.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/05/140507105023.htm
http://www.livescience.com/45412-ancient-meteorite-carved-giant-crater.html

Ancient Impact Crater Discovered in Canada by Sci-News.com
http://www.sci-news.com/geology/science-bow-city-impact-crater-canada-01913.html

The papers are:

Glombick, P., D. R. Schmitt, W. Xie, T. Bown, B. Hathway,
and C. Banks, 2014, The Bow City structure, southern Alberta,
Canada: The deep roots of a complex impact structure?
Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 2014; DOI: 10.1111/maps.12296
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.12296/abstract

Xie, W., and D. R. Schmitt, 2014, Seismic Seismic Study of
a Possible Eroded Impact StructureSouthern, Alberta.
GeoConvention 2014: FOCUS
http://www.geoconvention.com/uploads/abstracts/473_GC2014_Seismic_Study_of_Possible_Eroded_Impact_Structure_Southern_AB.pdf

Yours,

Paul H.